Action ·Adventure ·Comedy ·Family · United States of America · 1962 · 1h 41m

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon poster
Director
Irwin Allen
Cast
Red Buttons as Donald O'Shay Barbara Eden as Susan Gale Cedric Hardwicke as Fergusson Peter Lorre as Ahmed Richard Haydn as Sir Henry Vining BarBara Luna as Makia
Crew
Winton C. Hoch — Director of Photography George Boemler — Editor Albert Gail — Screenplay Charles Bennett — Screenplay Irwin Allen — Screenplay Jules Verne — Novel
Tagline

DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!

Synopsis

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.

Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookafricajules vernehot air balloonchimpanzeezanzibar19th century
Key Collaborators
Irwin Allen Director Winton C. Hoch Director of Photography George Boemler Editor Albert Gail Screenplay Charles Bennett Screenplay Irwin Allen Screenplay Jules Verne Novel
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